Neutral Actors in History

Pascal Lottaz is Assistant Professor for Neutrality Studies at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Japan, where he researches neutral actors in international relations. He heads the research network neutralitystudies.com, which organizes regular academic conferences and publications. He has published 4 edited volumes and a monograph on neutrality.Eric Golson is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey, UK. He has co-authored three books on historical cases of economic warfare, small states and neutrality.Hillary Briffa is a Senior Lecturer in National Security Studies and Assistant Director for the Centre for Defence Studies at King’s College London, UK. She has published extensively on small state neutrality, particularly the neutrality of small European states such as Malta.Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom defended his PhD thesis at the University of Cambridge where he researched contemporary military and diplomatic history. Habtom has been a guest researcher at the Swedish Defence University, Université Libre de Bruxelle, and Stockholm University, and the University of Luxembourg.

• Introduction, Pascal Lottaz, Hillary Briffa & Eric Golson (University of Kyoto, Japan, King’s College London, UK, and University of Surrey, UK)1. Hawaiian Neutrality from the Crimean Conflict to the Present, David Keanu Sai (University of Hawai’I, USA)2. Non-alignment or Neutrality? The Cold War Origins of Indonesia’s Foreign Policy, Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto (University of Indonesia)3. Neutrality and the Contribution of United States Sanctions against Japan to the Outbreak of the Pacific War, John Pritchard (independent scholar)4. Neutrality under Occupation: China’s Struggle in the Russo-Japanese and Japan-Germany Conflicts, Yucen Liu (European University Institute, Italy) 5. US Neutrality in World War One: The Power and Influence of Political Expediency, Christopher Hurley (University of Kent, UK)6. Portuguese neutrality (1850-1939): Concepts, contexts, purposes and geopolitical consequences, Teresa Nunes (University of Lisbon, Portugal)7. The transformation of European security and evolution of Swiss neutrality since the End of the Cold War, Jean-Marc Rickli (Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland)8. Neutral Luxembourg: The Struggle for Legitimacy and Agency, Eric Kettmann (University of Cambridge, UK)9. Ireland: Neutrality as a Pragmatic and Flexible Policy, Mervyn O’Driscoll (University College Cork, Ireland)10. Switzerland: Influence of Wars in Europe and Media Coverage on Attitudes Towards Neutrality and Forms of Autonomy, Thomas Ferst and Tibor Szvircsev Tresch( ETH Zurich, Switzerland)11. Josip Broz Tito: Architect of Non-Alignment and Neutrality in Cold War Yugoslavia, Alek Barovic (University of Padova, Italy)